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Direct linkde Almeida, Roberto G. – Brain and Language, 2004
Recent research in lexical semantics has suggested that verbs such as begin and enjoy semantically select for a complement that denotes an activity or an event. When no such activity or event is specified in the form of a progressive or infinitival complement, as in John began (to read/reading) the book, the verb is said to ''coerce'' the NP…
Descriptors: Verbs, Semantics, Pragmatics, Inferences
